IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform appropriate operation control based on GPS information irrespective of a reception environment for the GPS information at an installation location. ! SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes a GPS connection unit (positional information acquisition means) 33 that acquires an installation location of a compound machine 100 or positional information on the vicinity of the installation location from a GPS receiver 4 detachably attached to the compound machine 100, and a control unit (control means) 15 that performs the operation control of the compound machine 100 according to the installation location of the compound machine 100 identified on the basis of the acquired positional information. ! COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT